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c0rd on 05 December 2008
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Groucho said:

Let me avoid the sarcasm for a post, to see if I can stir up some thinking.

Presumably, people who purchase Wiis buy them for the existing software library. The masses could care less about "The Conduit" and its ilk -- primarily because of the simple fact that they have not yet been released.

Also, individual Wii purchasers do not seem to be interested in standard-fare shooters, pro sports games, etc., to the same degree that HD console owners appear to be. However, they love games like WiiSports, WiiPlay, WiiFit, Carnival Games, etc. I think this is pretty obvious from the sales numbers.

The Wii and the HD consoles clearly cater themselves to different gaming genres. They are all video game consoles, without question. However, since game players tend to gravitate toward particular genres... is the Wii really "competing" with the HD consoles in the same sense that the HD consoles compete with each other?

People buy consoles for the games. Ponder that for a while, and I think you'll have a better perspective on this (obviously a HD gamer) author's article.  In his mind, they don't compete.  This is his opinion, and it is shared by many HD console owners.  Stepping back and asking "Do I like the sorts of games the HD consoles provide in spades?" and "Why aren't these games on the Wii?" should provoke some contrasts between the consoles.  Popular to contrary belief on this site, 3rd party publishers are far from "dumb" -- they do look at their demographics, pretty intensively.

Different demographics does, for the most part, mean "not directly competing", in many peoples "books".

You do realize, that all of these arguments can also be made for the GC, correct?

Strange how nobody whined about GC not competing with the XB or PS2. I'm going to go out on a limb here, and say, probably because it wasn't curb stomping them in sales.